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Committee Assignments for the 111th Congress
Committee Hearings & Meetings Scheduled


  
 
 

Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

9:00 am
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         Closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Army.
SD-192        
    
9:30 am
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
         to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the United States Forest Service.
SD-124        
    
10:00 am
    Finance
         Hearings to examine S.662, to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Hearings to examine performance management and congressional oversight, focusing on 380 recommendations to reduce overlap and duplication.
SD-342        
    
10:00 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S.959, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to compounding drugs, S.957, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain, the nominations of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, and Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, all to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and any pending nominations.
SD-430        
    
10:00 am
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Hearings to examine how the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Pipeline can develop a high-skilled American workforce for small business, focusing on bridging the skills gap.
SR-428A        
    
10:00 am
    Joint Economic Committee
         Hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
SD-G50        
    
10:30 am
    Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps
         Hearings to examine different perspectives on international development.
SD-419        
    
2:00 pm
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         An oversight hearing to examine business practices of durable medical equipment companies.
SD-342        
    
2:30 pm
    Budget
         Hearings to examine supporting broad-based economic growth and fiscal responsibility through tax reform.
SD-608        
    
2:30 pm
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation.
SR-253        
    
2:30 pm
    Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
         Hearings to examine nutrient trading and water quality.
SD-406        
    
2:30 pm
    Aging
         Hearings to examine the Medicare prescription drug program, focusing on 10 years later.
SD-366        
    
5:00 pm
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian C. Deese, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Michael Kenny O'Keefe, and Robert D. Okun, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
S-216        
    

Thursday, May. 23, 2013

9:00 am
    Environment and Public Works
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Allison M. Macfarlane, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
SD-406        
    
10:00 am
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
         Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for various agencies within the Department of Agriculture.
SD-124        
    
10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine the extraction of gas from shale, focusing on current practices within the industry and environmental concerns to be addressed.
SH-216        
    
10:00 am
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine United States-European Union economic relations, focusing on crisis and opportunity.
SD-419        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
         Hearings to examine improving Federal health care in rural America, focusing on developing the workforce and building partnerships.
SD-342        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S.744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and the nominations of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of Columbia, and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Charles R. Breyer, of California, Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, and William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, all to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
SH-216        
    
10:30 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Valerie E. Caproni, of the District of Columbia, and Vernon S. Broderick, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
SD-226        
    
11:00 am
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Penny Pritzker, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Commerce.
SR-253        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    

Tuesday, Jun. 04, 2013

2:30 pm
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
         Hearings to examine the state of wireless communications.
SR-253        
    

Wednesday, Jun. 05, 2013

10:00 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine pending benefits legislation.
SR-418        
    

Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2013

9:30 am
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SD-G50        
    
11:00 am
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SD-G50        
    
2:00 pm
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SD-G50        
    
3:30 pm
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-232A        
    
6:00 pm
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-232A        
    

Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013

9:30 am
    Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-222        
    
2:30 pm
    Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-222        
    

Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013

9:30 am
    Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-222        
    

Friday, Jun. 14, 2013

9:30 am
    Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
SR-222        
    

Thursday, Jun. 20, 2013

10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         An oversight hearing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River Basin.
SD-366        
    
 
  

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